Part 1 Fool For Love – The episode opens at an underground rave in Allerton. Ava Tunstall (Lauren McQueen) greets several attendees while making her way to the dance floor. Sarita Grant (Sudha Bhuchar) announces the engagement of her son, Oliver Grant (Rishi Rian), and Amelia Mellor (Ellise Chappell). Lewis Grant (Danyal Ismail) stares intently at the couple. Sarita announces Oliver as her successor when she retires as CEO at the end of the year. Back at the rave, Ava takes a selfie with friends when she sees a guy through the crowd. She leaves the dance floor. After receiving a phone call, Oliver tells Amelia that he has something to take care of at work. He receives another call from an unknown individual. A short time later, he can be seen at the rave. The next day, Charlie (Oliver Wellington) wakes up in a building where the rave was held. While walking /around, he] sees Oliver’s lifeless body lying on the ground.

DI Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh) makes Jack Farman (Tareq Al-Jeddal) breakfast and insists he eats. She apologizes for not getting to spend quality time with him. They briefly discuss school and his friends. She asks about his friend, Jordan King (Joshua J Parker). He asks her to be a mum, not a detective. She apologizes. He promises they will catch up later before leaving for school. Asleep on the sofa, Alex Ridley (Adrian Dunbar) is awakened by a phone call from Carol. A short time later, he arrives at the crime scene. Carol fills him in on the victim, Oliver, CFO of Grant Construction and Development. Doctor Wendy Newstone (Georgie Glen) says Oliver was shot between midnight and 3am. Grant Construction and Development owns the building. Wendy tells them that Oliver wasn’t robbed but he was involved in some type of struggle. Carol shows Ridley drugs bearing a green frog logo. DC Darren Lakhan (George Bukhari) says the man who found Oliver had drugs in his possession. A short time later, Carol and Ridley question Amelia about Oliver leaving their engagement party. Amelia claims he left after receiving a call. Lewis says Oliver left around 11pm and when he didn’t return, he kept trying his phone. Amelia tells them that Oliver has a habit of working late. Ridley looks around at the many photos of Oliver and a few of Lewis. Lewis admits to knowing about the underground raves and suggested the sites to be securitized but Oliver and Sarita refused. Upon leaving, Ridley questions why the family never notified the police. He tells Carol about the photos.

Charlie voices concern about being charged with a crime. He denies knowing Oliver and claims to have received a message from GlowUpGirlxx requesting a drug drop. Carol says he may get off with a warning if he tells her about the dealers. He denies knowing their names but heard something about a go-kart track. A short time later, Carol goes over the evidence with her team. Darren informs them that the call came from a pre-paid phone. The drugs found at the site match drugs circling Manchester. Revealing a photo of Ava, Darren suggests she is the rave organizer. Later, Ridley informs Ava of Oliver’s murder. Shocked, Ava denies knowing Oliver was at the rave and admits to being the sole organizer. She met him through a photo shoot. Ridley shows her a photo of the drugs. She claims to know nothing about them and has no idea who notified Oliver. A short time later, Ridley and Carol insist Oliver had another reason for going to the rave. Over coffee, Carol tells Ridley about Jack. He offers to invite Jack over to help work on his boat. She thanks him.

Wendy tells Carol and Ridley that Oliver was shot at close range and a 9mm shell casing was found at the scene. A high level of cocaine was found in his system. He was a long-term cocaine user. A short time later, Carol asks Amelia if she knew Oliver had a cocaine addiction. Amelia claims Sarita refused to let them talk about his addiction. She shows them a photo of frog-labeled pills and cocaine packets that she previously found in Oliver’s coat. She claims Lewis went back on his word to help Oliver and tried to force him out of the company by threatening to expose his drug addiction. Jack is talking to Jordan when Ridley approaches. Jordan speeds away. Jack says Carol sent him. Ridley says he wanted to ask him to work on his boat. Jack agrees to 40 quid. At the police station, Carol tells DCI Paul Goodwin (Terence Maynard) and Ridley that Oliver’s car pinged near a go-kart track on the day he was murdered. Matt Brandon (Alexander Cobb) owns the go-cart track that is utilized to run drugs. Matt denies knowing Oliver and pretends to be shocked his car pinged there on the day he was murdered. Ridley asks if he is originally from Manchester. Matt boasts of his kids’ outreach program. He didn’t attend the rave.

Wendy informs Carol that Lewis’ DNA was found on the shell casing. Lewis was previously charged with drug driving. During a phone conversation, Jack swears he won’t and claims to have a plan. At the police station, Carol tells Lewis that his DNA was found on the shell casing. Lewis claims Oliver came to him for help in dealing with someone. He gave Oliver the gun, a family heirloom, but denies knowing where it is now. He accompanied Oliver to the rave and drove his car back home. He professes to be innocent. Goodwin warns against arresting Lewis without the murder weapon.

Annie Marling (Julie Graham) praises Harry for helping boost her profits. Ridley says it is a nice improvement. He later visits the police station where Darren is fast at work. Darren shows him Jordan’s social media profile for JayboyKing17. They watch a video shot at the rave. Ridley is shocked to see Jack drinking with Jordan. Later, Ridley pays Jack for helping him work on his sailboat and asks him about the rave. Jack informs him of his impending meeting with Jordan at Copelton bus station. When Ridley leaves to get food, Jack takes something out of a bag. At the police station, Carol and Ridley try to convince Goodwin to not bring Jack into the investigation. Jordan spends a lot of time at the go-kart track and makes weekly trips to Manchester. Goodwin approves Jordan being picked up at the bus station. Later, Darren and Carol approach Jordan after he gets off the bus. Jordan hits Darren but he is apprehended and arrested for assault on a police officer. Carol finds several bags of frog-labeled drugs in his backpack. At the police station, Carol shows evidence that reveals Jordan had been supplying Oliver with drugs. Jordan has a criminal history of possessing drugs and grew up in care homes. He claims Matt forced him to call Oliver because he was upset about money and wanted to kill him. He last saw Oliver on the morning of the day that he was killed.

Jack blames Carol for Jordan being arrested. Geri Farman (Bhavna Limbachia) assures him that they are only looking at for him. He blames them for not being there for him when he was nearly killed. Upset, he leaves. At the go-kart track, Mat figures out that Carol is Jack’s mum. At the police station, Goodwin informs the team of Jordan’s arrest and Lewis being a suspect in Oliver’s murder. Jordan ran away from foster care on the day Matt signed a lease on the go-kart track. A short time later, Matt denies any allegation of running a drug operation. He suggests Jordan told them that he threatened to kill Oliver. As Carol is preparing to leave, Matt asks if she is Jack’s mum. Ridley intervenes to stop her from going for Matt. At the police station. Ridley tells Goodwin about what happened at the go-kart track. Darren says Oliver’s bank records show lots of incoming transfers, a large payment to a conveyance solicitor, and a jeweler. Carol voices concern about Jack’s safety. Goodwin says there is not enough evidence to arrest Matt and promises to put surveillance on her house. Carol insists on arresting Matt. Goodwin removes her from the case and puts Ridley in charge. The episode ends.

 

Ridley Review

Goodwin, Carol, and Ridley show bias toward Jack because he is a Farman. The video put him and Jordan at the rave on the night Oliver was murdered. Jordan is brought in for questioning but not Jack. He is later arrested for drug possession. He grew up in care homes while Jack has had a stable home all his life. It is possible that Jack is involved in the drug trade, not as deeply as Jordan but involved, nonetheless. He obviously knows more than what is telling. As soon as Jack was connected to Jordan, Carol should have been removed from the case.

Let’s not forget that Lewis’ DNA was found on the bullet that killed Oliver. He confessed to giving Oliver the gun. Goodwin refused to arrest him without the murder weapon. Murder charges have been brought with much less evidence. Lewis is from a prominent family.

The series has taken yet another turn for the worse. It’s never been great and nothing makes it stand out. It’s a mere drop in the bucket compared to all the other British police procedural shows. The episode deserves a 4.5 out of 10.

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